ინჩი-ბინჩი

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ინჩიმინჩი (inčiminči), ინჩი-მინჩი (inči-minči)

Etymology

Reduplication of ინჩი (inči), which comes from Armenian ինչ (inčʻ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [int͡ʃʰibint͡ʃʰi]
  • Hyphenation: ინ‧ჩი-ბინ‧ჩი

Noun

ინჩი-ბინჩი • (inči-binči) (uncountable)

  1. (emphatic, dated, colloquial, humorous) anything, any
    რუსია, კაცო! ქართულის ინჩი-ბინჩი არ გაეგება.
    rusia, ḳaco! kartulis inči-binči ar gaegeba.
    He is Russian, dude! He doesn't understand a word of Georgian.

References

  • Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “ინჩიმინჩი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary]‎[1], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 121
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